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Software
Mindsets for Tech Behavioral Interviews
Axiom: Any software engineer writing a blog on tech will eventually write a post about interviews. - Yours Truly
React Amsterdam 2019: Takeaway
The case of GraphQL (Peggy Rayzis) Productivity boost across teams Smaller payloads Fewer client/server round trips Preventin...
Frame code reviews as gift exchanges
The best metaphor I have found for thinking about code reviews is a gift exchange. The terms pull request and code reviews will be used interchangeably in th...
Thoughts on button push driven development
I was in a conversation the other day when someone mentioned
Core tenants of highly effective software teams
This blogpost is my thoughts only and does not necessarily represent the positions of current or past employers.
Lower Degrees of Separation with End Users
When working in software, one way to look at our profession is to say that we take architecture docs or designs and make code out of it. After years in the i...
Web Payments by First Principles: Data Architecture
Once you start receiving payments on your site, congratulations! You are likely building something people want. But now you are at the point of having to man...
Web Payments by First Principles: Testing
In recent years, payment API providers have made integrating payments much easier than it used to be. Instead of dealing with banks and exchanges, ecommerce ...
Takeaways from MicroConf Starter 2017
With the rise in VC funded startups, there was not a big community for individuals and small teams launching and supporting digital product businesses with t...
What makes a great programming tutorial?
The Internet started as a publishing medium. It excels at enabling people to share their unique gifts. An amazing amount of content gets put out on the web e...
Pycon Canada 2015 II: Python for Reliably Delivering Cross Platform Products
This is the second part of the two series blog post about my talk at PyCon Canada. Here is the first part.
Speaking at PyCon Canada 2015: I
High Level Takeaways If you are giving a talk, too much content on slides means the audience is reading the slides instead of listening to you. Design y...
Building Realtime Apps with React, Socket.io and Node.js
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Guide to finding a technical cofounder
This has been happening at various meetups/hackathons/startup events sufficiently enough to warrant a blogpost. The situation is generally a variant of this,...
Evaluating React.js and Flask
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Life
The Need to Celebrate Oneself
The Milestone
My 2024 Favorites: Books, Podcasts and more!
Second year in a row, I wanted to share books, podcasts and other media / art that added a lot of value to my life.
The Price of Freedom: Converting Currencies, Converting Mindsets - Part I
Growing Up Middle Class in Dhaka
Dhaka Part II: A Symphony of Survival
The air hung thick and sweet, clinging to my skin like a forgotten memory. The bus lurched forward, a reluctant participant in the city’s cacophony. Honking ...
Dhaka Part I: Finding Rootedness
An overdue trip
My 2023 Favorites: Podcasts, Books and more!
And just like that, 2023 is behind us. I wanted to have some fun and share my picks across media and art this year.
Improvisation and Self Discovery
On a whim, I went to hideout theatre in Austin, TX for a improv beginner class a few years back. Over time, I have tried short and long form improv, and trie...
My Word of the Year in 2023
I’m not a savant at risk taking. I can hedge my opinions and guard my feelings. Perhaps I want to be liked a little much. My need for belonging can make me w...
Quotes I have loved
A brilliant and succinct quote that says so much about our being.
Thriving Under Siege
Besieged
Life lessons from Improv
I think life should be more like improv and improv should resemble life.
Running
Chicago Marathon 2019 Race Report
A big step forward and lessons learnt along the way.
Jersey Half Marathon 2018: Race Report
“Gatoradeee!! Water!” The sudden enthusiastic cheer after a period of silence was hard to miss. Looking up, I saw the 10k marker. I looked at my watch and I ...
NYC Marathon 2017: Training and Race Report
I ran the NYC marathon this Sunday. On my fourth marathon, I was going for 3:45, came off with a 3:38, personal best by 4 minutes. More than the time, a vani...
10 things I learnt going from 10k to a Marathon in 2015
If I were to think about running a 26.2 mile race at the start of 2015, the overwhelming feeling would be one of fear. I have only ever ran a 10k before and ...
Fitness
Chicago Marathon 2019 Race Report
A big step forward and lessons learnt along the way.
Jersey Half Marathon 2018: Race Report
“Gatoradeee!! Water!” The sudden enthusiastic cheer after a period of silence was hard to miss. Looking up, I saw the 10k marker. I looked at my watch and I ...
NYC Marathon 2017: Training and Race Report
I ran the NYC marathon this Sunday. On my fourth marathon, I was going for 3:45, came off with a 3:38, personal best by 4 minutes. More than the time, a vani...
10 things I learnt going from 10k to a Marathon in 2015
If I were to think about running a 26.2 mile race at the start of 2015, the overwhelming feeling would be one of fear. I have only ever ran a 10k before and ...
Javascript
React Amsterdam 2019: Takeaway
The case of GraphQL (Peggy Rayzis) Productivity boost across teams Smaller payloads Fewer client/server round trips Preventin...
Building Realtime Apps with React, Socket.io and Node.js
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Evaluating React.js and Flask
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
React
React Amsterdam 2019: Takeaway
The case of GraphQL (Peggy Rayzis) Productivity boost across teams Smaller payloads Fewer client/server round trips Preventin...
Building Realtime Apps with React, Socket.io and Node.js
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Evaluating React.js and Flask
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Python
Pycon Canada 2015 II: Python for Reliably Delivering Cross Platform Products
This is the second part of the two series blog post about my talk at PyCon Canada. Here is the first part.
Speaking at PyCon Canada 2015: I
High Level Takeaways If you are giving a talk, too much content on slides means the audience is reading the slides instead of listening to you. Design y...
Evaluating React.js and Flask
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Tech
Reflections on WeWork: Relentless Change and Unrealized Potential
I spent three years as a software engineer at WeWork. Three years is north of 6,000 working hours and this post is an account of my time there and key takeaw...
Finding the right team at a new company
Finding the Right Team: Questions to Ask Before Joining
Mindsets for Tech Behavioral Interviews
Axiom: Any software engineer writing a blog on tech will eventually write a post about interviews. - Yours Truly
PyCon
Pycon Canada 2015 II: Python for Reliably Delivering Cross Platform Products
This is the second part of the two series blog post about my talk at PyCon Canada. Here is the first part.
Speaking at PyCon Canada 2015: I
High Level Takeaways If you are giving a talk, too much content on slides means the audience is reading the slides instead of listening to you. Design y...
Payments
Web Payments by First Principles: Data Architecture
Once you start receiving payments on your site, congratulations! You are likely building something people want. But now you are at the point of having to man...
Web Payments by First Principles: Testing
In recent years, payment API providers have made integrating payments much easier than it used to be. Instead of dealing with banks and exchanges, ecommerce ...
APIs
Web Payments by First Principles: Data Architecture
Once you start receiving payments on your site, congratulations! You are likely building something people want. But now you are at the point of having to man...
Web Payments by First Principles: Testing
In recent years, payment API providers have made integrating payments much easier than it used to be. Instead of dealing with banks and exchanges, ecommerce ...
Teams
Frame code reviews as gift exchanges
The best metaphor I have found for thinking about code reviews is a gift exchange. The terms pull request and code reviews will be used interchangeably in th...
Core tenants of highly effective software teams
This blogpost is my thoughts only and does not necessarily represent the positions of current or past employers.
Productivity
Quotes I have loved
A brilliant and succinct quote that says so much about our being.
Thriving Under Siege
Besieged
Flask
Evaluating React.js and Flask
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Hackathons,
Guide to finding a technical cofounder
This has been happening at various meetups/hackathons/startup events sufficiently enough to warrant a blogpost. The situation is generally a variant of this,...
Startups
Guide to finding a technical cofounder
This has been happening at various meetups/hackathons/startup events sufficiently enough to warrant a blogpost. The situation is generally a variant of this,...
Node.js
Building Realtime Apps with React, Socket.io and Node.js
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Socket.io
Building Realtime Apps with React, Socket.io and Node.js
Update: Udemy has generously granted a free coupon for the readers of this blog for their React JS and Flux course. Use the code avidasreactjs and the fir...
Coworking,
Coffeehouse Coworkers
I had a problem.
Productivity,
Coffeehouse Coworkers
I had a problem.
Side
Coffeehouse Coworkers
I had a problem.
Projects
Coffeehouse Coworkers
I had a problem.
Blogging
What makes a great programming tutorial?
The Internet started as a publishing medium. It excels at enabling people to share their unique gifts. An amazing amount of content gets put out on the web e...
Teaching
What makes a great programming tutorial?
The Internet started as a publishing medium. It excels at enabling people to share their unique gifts. An amazing amount of content gets put out on the web e...
Conferences
Takeaways from MicroConf Starter 2017
With the rise in VC funded startups, there was not a big community for individuals and small teams launching and supporting digital product businesses with t...
Database
Web Payments by First Principles: Data Architecture
Once you start receiving payments on your site, congratulations! You are likely building something people want. But now you are at the point of having to man...
Product
Lower Degrees of Separation with End Users
When working in software, one way to look at our profession is to say that we take architecture docs or designs and make code out of it. After years in the i...
Management
Core tenants of highly effective software teams
This blogpost is my thoughts only and does not necessarily represent the positions of current or past employers.
Reading,
Books I read in 2018
General/Personal Development The art of living (Thich nhat hanh): This is the best Thich nhat hanh I’ve read, composing his philosophy on living an examin...
Books
Books I read in 2018
General/Personal Development The art of living (Thich nhat hanh): This is the best Thich nhat hanh I’ve read, composing his philosophy on living an examin...
Alexa
Thoughts on button push driven development
I was in a conversation the other day when someone mentioned
Programming
Frame code reviews as gift exchanges
The best metaphor I have found for thinking about code reviews is a gift exchange. The terms pull request and code reviews will be used interchangeably in th...
Improv
Life lessons from Improv
I think life should be more like improv and improv should resemble life.
Comedy
Life lessons from Improv
I think life should be more like improv and improv should resemble life.
Frontend
React Amsterdam 2019: Takeaway
The case of GraphQL (Peggy Rayzis) Productivity boost across teams Smaller payloads Fewer client/server round trips Preventin...
blog
Welcome to Jekyll!
You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different wa...
Interviews
Mindsets for Tech Behavioral Interviews
Axiom: Any software engineer writing a blog on tech will eventually write a post about interviews. - Yours Truly
Reading
Thriving Under Siege
Besieged
Growth
Quotes I have loved
A brilliant and succinct quote that says so much about our being.